Gyroid

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A slow flight through a bone-white lattice: one curved sheet that splits space into two interlocking labyrinths, pierced with windows so layer after layer shows through. Glowing veins run over its surface, and a thin-film sheen appears at grazing angles.

The shape is a triply periodic minimal surface, the family of soap-film-like structures found, for example, in butterfly wing scales. Schoen's gyroid is the base; the bass pulls it toward the Schwarz P surface and the mids toward the diamond surface. The camera follows one of the gyroid's straight open channels, so it never runs into a wall.

What it reacts to

• Bass: morphs the lattice toward the Schwarz P surface, opens wider windows and brightens the veins
• Mids: blend in the diamond surface
• Overall loudness: thickens the sheet, and the flight only moves forward while music plays
• Kick drum: a shell of light races out from the camera through the lattice and the veins pulse
• Treble: shifts the vein colour and adds a sparkle to the haze

Tune

Cell size scales the lattice, Iridescence sets the strength of the thin-film sheen, and Veins picks the glow colour.

Music that suits it

Bass-heavy electronic music with a regular kick, such as techno or dubstep, shows both the morphing and the shells of light.

How to play it

Install Deus, play music on Spotify, YouTube Music, Yandex Music or any other tab and click the Deus icon on that tab. Then pick Gyroid in the WebGL presets, or press ← → on the page until it comes up.